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ADDRESSES 

AT  THE 

INSTALLATION 

OF 

JOHN  CASPER  BRANNER,  LL.  D. 

AS  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY 
WEDNESDAY.  OCTOBER  I.  1913 


STANFORD  UNIVERSITY,  CALIFORNIA 

PUBLISHED  BY  THE  UNIVERSITY 

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LELAND  STANFORD  JUNIOR  UNIVERSITY  PUBLICATIONS 

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AT  THE 

INSTALLATION 

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JOHN  CASPER  BRANNER,  LL.  D. 

AS  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY 
WEDNESDAY.  OCTOBER  \,  1913 


STANFORD  UNIVERSITY.  CALIFORNIA 

PUBLISHED  BY  THE  UNIVERSITY 

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INSTALLATION   OF  PRESIDENT  BRANNER 


Joliii  Casper  Uraiiner,  LL.  D..  was  installed  president  of  the  Ice- 
land Stanford  Junior  L'niversitx  on  Wednesday.  (  )ctQber  t.  1913,  the 
twenty-second  aimiversary  of  the  foinidini^  of  the  universit\'. 

Horace  Davis,  LL.  D Master  of  the  Ceremonies 

Professor  George  James  I'eirce,  Ph.  D Marshal  of  the  Day 

Order  of  Exercises. 

Overture,  "Poet  and  Peasant" voti  Suppc 

Processional.  "Le  Prophete" Meyerbeer 

The  Graduate  Students 

The  Members  of  the  Senior  Class 

The  Members  of  the  Junior  Class 

The  ^fembers  of  the  Soj^homore  Class 

The  Meml)ers  of  the  Freshman  Class 

The  Faculty  of  the  Cni^•ersity 

The  Academic  Council 

The  Advisory  Board  of  the  Alumni  Association 

The  Trustees  of  the  University 

The  Speakers  of  the  Occasion 

The  Acting  Registrar  of  the  L'niversity 

The  Chaplain  of  the  University 

The  ^Master  of  the  Ceremonies 

The  President  of  the  l'niversity 

The  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

Invocation The   Chaplain   of  the   L^niversity 

Installation  of  the   President Afr.   Timothy   Hopkins, 

President  of  the    Uoard   of  Trustees 

Response The   President  of  the   University 

Presentation  of  the  Presidential  Chair Arthur  Gainsford  Halm 

Acceptance  on  Behalf  of  the  LIniversity Horace  Davis.  LL.  D. 

Address  on  Behalf  of  the  Students Karl  Charles  L.ehrens 

of  the  Class  of  1914 

Address  on  Behalf  of  the  Alunmi Charles  Kellogg  Field 

of  the  Class  of  1895 
Address  on  Behalf  of  the  Facidty.  .Professor  John  Maxson  Stillman 

—  3  — 


The  Inaugural  Address The  President  of  the  University 

Benediction The   Chaplain   of   the   University 

Choral,  "Hail,  Stanford,  Hail !" Albert  IVilliain  Siiiit'h 

Recessional,  "Tannhauser"    JJ'agiicr 

The  procession  formed  at  ten  o'clock  in  the  morning  on  the  east  side 
of  the  Inner  Quadrangle  and  marched  around  by  the  south  entrance  up 
to  the  stand  erected  in  the  central  court,  where  the  ceremonies  took  place, 
as  follows : 

Invocation  by  the  Chaplain  of  the  University 

Almighty  God,  we  beseech  Thee  to  bless  all  institutions  of  learning 
throughout  the  world,  and  especially  this  university  and  all  its  mem- 
bers and  benefactors.  Bring  to  it  whatever  it  may  need  of  schol- 
arship and  endowment  to  carry  its  good  designs  into  efifect.  Estab- 
lish it  to  all  generations  to  Thy  honor  and  glory. 

To  Thy  servant,  the  president  of  the  university,  and  to  those  to 
whom  are  committed  the  duties  of  administration  and  instruction, 
give  Thy  heavenly  grace,  that  they  may  both  perceive  and  know 
what  things  they  ought  to  do,  and  also  may  have  grace  and  power 
faithfully  to  fulfil  the  same. 

And  to  those  who  are  here  to  be  trained  up  for  the  work  of  the 
world,  give  a  proper  sense  of  the  honor  and  danger  of  the  trusts 
to  which  they  are  called.  Endue  them  with  sound  minds  and  mod- 
erated desires,  fill  them  with  the  spirit  of  zeal  for  the  truth,  and 
grant  that,  when  they  are  called  to  give  an  account  of  their  steward- 
ship, they  may  not  be  found  unprofitable  servants. 

Grant  this,  O  Father,  for  Jesus  Christ's  sake.     Amen. 

Installation  of  the  President  by  Mr,  Timothy  Hopkins,  President  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees. 

Mr.  Timothy  Hopkins,  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  was  in- 
troduced by  the  Master  of  the  Ceremonies  and  spoke  as  follows : 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen,  Friends  -of  the  University:  Just  twenty-two 
years  ago,  on  the  first  of  October,  1891,  the  doors  of  Stanford  Univer- 
sity swung  open  for  the  reception  of  students. 

These  years  have  been  eventful  ones  in  the  life  of  the  institution.  It 
began  its  career  full  of  high  hope  under  the  wise  and  loving  care  of 
Senator  and  Mrs.  Stanford,  but  after  a  short  period  of  sunshine,  it 
lost  the  strong  guiding  hand  of  Senator  Stanford  and  was  plunged  into 
a  period  of  gloom  and  distress  from  which  it  was  rescued  by  the  heroic 
struggles  and  noble  sacrifices  of  Mrs.  Stanford  which  were  crowned 
with  final  victory.  The  clouds  passed  away,  and  now  as  we  approach 
the  end  of  our  first  quarter  of  a  century,  we  find  the  university  on  a 
firm  educational  basis,  enjoying  the  vigor  of  robust  youth,  with  a 
future  full  of  promise. 

—  4  — 


In  readinc^  the  Foundiiisa:  Grant  we  are  impressed  with  the  p^randcur 
of  the  scheme  and  the  1)roadth  of  its  desit^n.  The  nltimatc  scope  of  the 
institntion  is  of  the  liroadest  and  most  comjirehensive  natnre  and  de- 
manded exceptional  qnalities  of  mind  and  character  in  tlic  execntive 
head  chosen  to  pnt  into  effect  the  plans  of  its  founders. 

In  his  hands  lay  the  success  or  marrinj^  of  the  project,  and  Senator 
Stanford  showed  his  wisdom  anil  knowdedp^e  of  men  by  the  selection 
of  David  Starr  Jordan  as  the  first  president  of  this  institntion.  Edu- 
cationally broad  and  sane.  ]nn-poseful,  enerp;-etic  and  courageous,  with 
constructive  ability  of  an  muisual  type,  President  Jordan  has  safely 
guided  the  unixersity  through  the  most  trying  period  it  probably  will 
ever  have.  His  ideals  and  spirit  have  become  Stanford  ideals  and 
Stanford  spirit,  and  to  him  and  the  faithful  men  chosen  by  bis  wisdom 
to  carry  out  his  plans  belongs  the  praise  for  the  high  standing  of  the 
university   in   the   educational    world. 

The  Founding  Grant  enjoins  upon  us  "to  promote  the  public  welfare 
by  exercising  an  influence  in  behalf  of  humanity  and  civilization."  The 
time  has  come  when,  in  deference  to  Dr.  Jordan's  request,  the  trustees 
have  relieved  him  of  the  executive  burdens  of  the  university  that  he  may 
tlevote  part  of  his  time  to  these  broader  aspects  of  world  affairs,  and 
have  made  him  chancellor  of  the  university  that  be  may  represent  us  in 
this   wider   arena. 

David  Starr  Jordan  stands  in  the  very  front  rank  of  university  pres- 
idents ;  as  Chancellor  Jordan  he  is  acquiring  international  fame  in  the 
greater  field  of  human  interests ;  his  idealism  is  voiced  at  the  Hague ; 
his  sturdy  supj^ort  is  given  to  every  movement  for  general  betterment 
of  the  human  race;  but  his  heart  is  still,  as  it  always  will  be,  with  us 
here  at  Stanford. 

The  trustees  have  chosen  for  bis  successor  a  man  whose  worth  has 
been  tested  by  long  years  of  experience,  a  man  who  is  loved,  honored, 
and  respected  equally  by  alumni,   faculty  and  students. 

Eminent  in  his  profession  and  distinguished  as  a  scholar,  his  strength 
of  character,  sovmd  judgment,  and  executive  ability  combine  to  promise 
success   for   his   administration. 

Marked  out  for  the  place  by  all  these  assurances  of  efficiency.  Doctor 
Branner  takes  up  his  burdens  with  the  cordial  and  hearty  support  of 
trustees,  alumni,  faculty,  and  students — the  whole  university,  in  each 
and  all  its  parts,  stands  ready  to  assist  him  in  the  great  work  which  is 
before  him. 

Turning  to  Dr.  Branner  Mr.  Hopkins  then  said: 

Doctor  Jo/in  Casper  Branner:  (  )n  the  first  of  August,  KJ13,  the  Board 
of  Trustees  of  the  Leland  Stanford  Junior  University  unanimously 
elected  you  president  of  this  institution. 

In  the  name  of  the  Board  and  as  its  president.  I  now  formally  invest 
you  with  the  authority  and  dignity  of  that  office,  and  in  token  of  the 
trust  reposed  in  you,  I  present  to  you  a  copy  of  the  Founding  Grant,  in 

—  5  — 


full  confidence  that  the  objects  and  purposes  therein  set  forth  will  receive 
your  loyal  support  and  that  you  will  cherish  and  foster  with  zeal  and 
fidelity  the  ideals  of  the  University. 

May  the  fullest  measure  of  success  crown  your  labors. 

Response  by  the  President  of  the  University 

President    Branncr  responded : 

Mr.  President  Hopkins,  and  Gentlemen  of  tlie  Board  of  Trustees:  I  ac- 
cept the  ofifice  of  president  of  this  university  with  a  profound  sense  of 
the  dignity  and  honor  you  have  bestowed  upon  me ;  and  I  promise  to 
do  all  in  my  power  to  carry  out  the  purposes  for  which  this  university 
was  established  as  set  forth  in  the  Founding  Grant. 

Presentation  of  the  Presidential  Chair,  by  Arthur  Gainsford  Halm, 
President  of  the  Associated  Students 

The  Master  of  the  Ceremonies  then  presented  Mr.  Arthur  Gainsford 
Halm,  president  of  the  Associated  Students,  saying: 

The  students  of  the  university  desire  to  accentuate  their  joy  and  satis- 
faction on  this  occasion  by  making  a  gift  to  their  ahna  mater,  or  what  is 
to  be  their  alma  mater,  and  for  that  purpose  have  appointed  the  president 
of  the  student  body,  Mr.  Arthur  Halm  of  the  senior  class,  to  make  the 
presentation.     I  call  upon  Mr.  Halm. 

Mr.  Halm  said : 

Mr.  Hopkins  and  Members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees:  The  students  of 
Leland  Stanford  Junior  University  desire  me  on  this  auspicious  occa- 
sion to  express  their  pleasure  and  deep  satisfaction  upon  the  inaugura- 
tion of  Dr.  John  Casper  Branner  to  the  presidency. 

Thev  desire  to  ofifer  as  proof  of  their  affection  and  admiration  for 
President  Branner  a  presidential  chair — symbol  of  authority  and  scat 
of  power. 

It  is  built  to  harmonize  with  the  happy  style  of  the  quadrangle  and 
bears  the  seal  of  the  University. 

Its  massiveness  and  strength  of  line  are  peculiarly  appropriate  to  this 
occasion,  as  they  symbolize  the  firmness,  the  stability,  the  solid  worth 
of  him  who  is  to  be  the  first  to  occupy  it. 

To  President  Branner  I  bear  the  felicitations  and  lasting  good  will 
of  this  generation  of  Stanford  sons  and  daughters,  and  for  them  express 
the  hope  that  for  many  years  you  may  be  spared  to  uphold  the  dignity 
of  your  high  office. 

Acceptance  on  Behalf  of  the   University,  by   Horace  Davis,  LL.  D., 
the  Master  of  the  Ceremonies 

On  behalf  of  the  university.  Dr.  Davis  accepted  the  chair  with  the  fol- 
lowing remarks : 

Mr.  Halm:  It  gives  me  a  great  deal  of  pleasure  in  the  name  of  the 
trustees  and  of  the  faculty,  alumni  and  all  the  friends  of  the  university 
here  present  to  accept  this  beautiful  gift.     We  shall  treasure  it  among 

—  6  — 


our  precious  relics  and  it  will  go  down  to  posterity  connected  with  the 
incidents  of  this  occasion. 

It  is  proper  that  the  university  should  collect  about  it  such  heirlooms 
as  this.  Go  to  Harvard  and  Yale  and  they  will  show  you  with  pride 
those  relics  of  past  generations  which  have  come  down  to  them  as  price- 
less heirlooms.  Stanford  should  do  something  of  the  same  kind  and 
this  is  a  beginning  toward  such   a  collection. 

These  things  betoken  the  character  of  an  institution  as  they  do  of  a 
house.  Sometimes  when  you  enter  a  house  you  are  ushered  into  a 
drawing  room  upholstered  in  the  style  of  Louis  XIV  or  the  Empire. 
You  look  around  in  vain  for  something  characteristic  of  the  family ;  it 
all  savors  of  the  upholsterer.  You  go  into  another  house  and  as  soon 
as  you  open  the  door  you  feel  that  you  have  come  closely  in  touch  with 
the  life  of  the  family.  In  a  corner  of  the  hall  stands  a  clock  which 
has,  perhaps,  ticked  away  the  lives  of  five  or  six  generations.  In  the 
library  you  see  an  old  desk  dating  from  colonial  times,  on  which  per- 
haps Washington  wrote  his  dispatches.  In  another  place  is  a  table  on 
which  a  great-grandfather  may  have  written  his  sermons.  Ancestors 
look  down  upon  you  from  the  wall,  beaming  peacefully  and  with  satis- 
faction, as  it  were,  upon  the  history  of  the  family  as  pictured  in  these 
surroundings. 

We  ought  to  have  something  here  that  gives  a  touch  of  the  life  of 
the  family.  Alma  mater  should  collect  around  her  these  traditional 
household  objects,  relics  and  mementos  that  illustrate  the  history  and 
life  of  the  university  family.  This  beautiful  chair  of  yours  will  take 
its  place  generation  after  generation  in  this  collection.  These  present 
classes  will  pass  out  of  the  gates  of  the  university.  They  will  be  for- 
gotten. We  shall  all  be  forgotten — if  we  are  remembered  at  all  it  will 
only  be  as  dim  figures  in  the  past  history  of  the  university.  But  this 
chair,  as  class  after  class  passes  away,  will  gradually  come  to  be  invested 
with  a  haze  of  mystery.  Stories  will  gather  about  it  of  what  occurred 
here  today  and  of  the  men  who  are  here  today,  and  it  will  become 
clothed  not  only  with  mystery  but  with  reverence  for  the  memory  of 
this  man  who  is  to  occupy  it  and  of  those  other  men  who  with  him  have 
built  up  the  university. 

I  thank  you  again  for  this  token  of  your  good  will,  and  hope  that  it 
may  go  down  among  the  treasures  of  the  university  forever. 

Address  on  Behalf  of  the  Students,  by  Earl  Charles  Behrens    of  the 
Class  of  1914 

Turning  to  President  Branner,  the  Master  of  the  Ceremonies  then  con- 
tinued : 

Dr.  Branner:  Besides  giving  you  this  beautiful  testimonial  of  their 
love  for  you,  the  students  desire  further  to  express  their  welcome  to 
you  today,  and  for  that  purpose  have  chosen  Mr.  Earl  C.  Behrens  to 
extend  you  the  hand  of  greeting. 

Mr  Behrens  spoke  as  follows : 

—  7  — 


Members  of  the  Stanford  Pauiily:  This  mornino;  the  four  elements 
which  make  up  the  Stanford  family — trustees,  faculty,  alumni  and  un- 
dergraduates— meet  on  terms  of  equality  to  do  honor  to  the  man  on 
whom  is  placed  the  burden  of  the  presidential  duties.  As  a  representa- 
tive of  the  undergraduates  of  the  university  it  becomes  my  agreeable 
duty  to  express  our  sense  of  good  fortune  to  the  members  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  upon  their  choice  of  an  executive  head  of  the  university. 
We  desire  also  to  thank  the  trustees  for  giving  us  an  opportunity  to 
participate  in  this  distinctive  and  memorable  occasion — marking  the 
twenty-second  anniversary  of  the  founding  of  the  university  and  the 
installation  of  its  second  president. 

It  is  a  truism  that  the  personality  of  the  teacher  is  the  vital  factor  in 
all  grades  of  education  and  that  a  university  cannot  be  truly  great 
without  great  teachers.  There  are  invaluable  elements  which  only  reach 
us  through  vital  contact  with  the  mind  and  personality  of  a  masterful 
teacher.  As  we  replace  the  exuberance  of  youth  by  the  sober  judg- 
ment of  upperclassmen  days  v;e  become  more  and  more  conscious  of 
this  truth.  Though  we  forget  all  we  learned  from  books,  the  influences 
woven  into  our  lives  by  personal  contact  with  the  personalities  in  our 
faculty  will  always  remain  a  part  of  us.  At  no  time  more  than  during 
the  formative  period  of  undergraduate  days  is  there  needed  that  life 
giving  breath  which  emanates  from  scholarly,  courageous  and  whole- 
some personalities.  Personality  though  difficult  to  define  is  easily  rec- 
ognized when  one  comes  into  its  presence.  Today  we  pay  homage  to 
a  teacher  who  possesses  a  conspicuous  personality,  together  with  intel- 
lectual qualities  which  have  enlarged  the  world's  stock  of  knowledge ; 
emotional  qualities  which  endow  him  with  a  rich  sympathy ;  volitional 
qualities  which  lead  him  to  action  and  achievement,  and  moral  qualities 
which  inspire  him  to  seek  what  is  right  in  all  things. 

We  are  fortunate  at  Stanford  in  having  other  rich  minds  in  ou.r  fac- 
ulty. For  the  advantage  of  present  and  future  generations  of  Stanford 
students  we  hope  that  this  day  which  witnesses  the  installation  of  a  new 
president  may  also  mark  the  beginning  of  a  golden  age  of  contact  be- 
tween faculty  and  students. 

Students  and  faculty  are  only  a  part  of  the  university.  A  quadrangle 
is  noi  complete  without  its  four  sides  and  for  its  perfection  our  univer- 
sity requires  the  proper  alignment  of  its  four  sides- — trustees  and  faculty, 
alumni  and  undergraduates.  If  the  student  profits  from  his  personal 
contact  with  the  faculty,  how  much  greater  must  this  profit  be  if  he 
and  the  faculty  continue  in  touch  with  the  two  other  factors  in  the  uni- 
versity. For  the  sake  of  the  university,  as  also  for  selfish  reasons,  the 
undergraduates  wish  to  see  the  quadrangle  complete  by  the  intimate  con- 
nection of  all  its  parts.  Therefore,  on  this  day  marking  the  beginning 
of  a  new  era  we  not  only  express  a  wish  for  close  relationship  with  the 
faculty,  but  also  an  earnest  and  sincere  desire  for  effectual  contact  with 
the  trustees  and  alumni. 


President  Branner,  we  look  to  you  as  one  whose  administration  is  to 
bring  about  the  perfect  association  and  co-operation  of  the  trustees,  fac- 
ulty, alumni  and  undergraduates.  We  believe  in  you  and  we  believe 
that  your  personality  will  attract  all  of  us  to  you  as  the  center  of  our 
activities.  We  are  confident  that  the  unification  which  you  will  achieve 
will  have  as  its  fruit  the  advancement  of  the  great  and  noble  ideals 
for  which  this  institution  stands.  And  on  this  anniversary  which  marks 
the  close  of  the  first  era  of  our  history  we  pledge  our  lovaltv  to  vou 
in  your  efforts  to  realize  these  great  aims.  We  congratulate  you.  We 
wish  you  success  and  we  pledge  you  our  loyalty  in  the  name  of  that 
future  toward  which  our  faces  are  so  hopefully  turned. 

Address  on  Behalf  of  the  Alumni,  by  Charles  Kellogg  Field,  of  the 
Class  of  1895 

The  Master  of  the  Ceremonies,  in  introducing  Mr.  Charles  Kellogg 
Field,  who  spoke  on  behalf  of  the  alumni  of  the  university,  said : 

As  Mr.  Behrens  has  remarked,  the  university  has  four  sides,  which 
unite  today  in  honor  of  Dr.  Branner.  We  have  heard  from  the  trus- 
tees ;  we  have  heard  from  the  students.  Now  we  are  to  hear  from  the 
real  body  of  the  university,  that  is,  from  the  alumni.  They  furnish  the 
real  vital  force,  power  and  character  of  the  university.  If  I  tell  you  of 
Oxford  and  of  the  glory  of  Oxford  you  don't  think  of  its  buildings, 
beautiful  and  venerable  though  they  are;  you  don't  even  think  of  the 
distinguished  body  of  teachers  who  are  gathered  in  those  buildings.  You 
think  of  the  men  who  have  gone  out  from  her  doors — the  scholars,  the 
statesmen,  the  preachers,  the  military  men :  the  scholars  who  have  illu- 
mined the  intellect  and  intelligence  of  England,  the  preachers  who  have 
raised  up  her  piety  and  her  morals,  the  statesmen  who  have  dictated  her 
course  in  politics.  There  lies  the  real  Oxford  and  that  is  what  you 
mean  when  you  speak  of  the  power  and  influence  of  Oxford  in  the  his- 
tory of  England.  And  it  will  be  so  here.  The  alumni  of  an  old  univer- 
sity are  the  university.  They  are  its  power  and  influence.  They  give 
it  character  and  it  is  to  them  that  the  community  looks  to  see  whether 
the  university  is  worth  the  money  which  has  been  spent  on  it.  Those 
men  are  here.  They  are  in  full  sympathy  with  what  has  been  expressed. 
They  love  Dr.  Branner  and  they  desire  to  participate  in  the  honor  that 
has  been  given  to  him  today  and  have  appointed  for  that  purpose  one  of 
their  owti  number,  who  will  address  you  with  reference  to  their  thoughts 
on  this  occasion — Mr.  Field. 

Mr.  Field  said : 

Mr.  Chairman:  When  the  Advisory  Board  had  named  me  for  this 
honorable  office  I  asked  with  appropriate  modesty,  "Why  have  you 
chosen  meF"  They  replied:  "Because  we  know  that  what  you  say  will 
be  neither  long  nor  academic  and  besides,  the  man  we  really  want  is 
sick."  Thus  I  stand  here  a  spokesman  in  a  double  sense:  to  speak  for 
a  very  healthy  body  of  Stanford  people,  and  at  the  same  time  to  repre- 

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sent  one  who  is  too  unhealthy  to  appear.  I  ought  to  be  able  to  do  jus- 
tice to  one  or  the  other. 

This  happens  to  be  the  first  time  that  an  alumiuis  of  Stanford  has 
been  called  upon  to  welcome  a  president  to  his  chair  in  the  university. 
The  interesting  duty  is  a  new  one,  even  to  the  pioneers  of  '95.  It  is 
true  that  twenty-two  years  ago  today,  in  practically  this  very  spot,  we 
were  on  hand  to  hear  the  president  of  Stanford  deliver  his  inaugural 
address,  but  we  were  not  invited  to  express  ourselves  on  that  occasion. 
As  I  remember  it  we  had  not  even  a  yell  and  we  let  out  the  pent  up 
enthusiasm  of  the  hour  by  singing  a  hymn. 

Yet  on  that  other  first  of  October,  in  that  first  Stanford  "get-together" 
under  the  leadership  of  Stanford's  first  president,  the  Stanford  spirit  was 
born.  It  is  for  us  who  were  there  that  day  to  testify  to  the  steady 
growth  of  that  spirit  under  the  inspiration  of  his  ideals.  We  were  all 
freshmen  really,  in  that  first  year,  in  an  uncharted  sea,  unmarked  by 
precedent  or  tradition.  And  our  captain  had  been  himself  a  freshman 
at  Cornell  under  the  same  sailing  conditions.  He  knew  that  "the  great- 
est value  of  tradition  lies  in  the  making  of  it."  He  believed  in  us  and 
we  in  him  and  that  is  a  combination  hard  to  beat.  So  we  and  the  classes 
that  have  come  after  us  understood  and  rejoiced  in  the  spirit  which 
he  breathed  into  Stanford  at  the  beginning — a  spirit  of  democracy  which 
accounts  a  man's  clothes  of  less  moment  than  his  skin,  and  both  less  im- 
portant than  his  mind  and  heart ;  a  spirit  that  declared  "the  strength  of 
being  clean,"  a  spirit  of  definite  loyalty  which,  after  the  inevitable  vicissi- 
tudes of  twenty-two  years,  has  undeniably  and  unequivocably  triumphed 
in  this  place.  Ten  years  ago  this  month,  as  it  happens,  at  a  university 
assembly,  I  tried  to  paraphrase  that  spirit,  and  the  words  of  the  credo 
come  to  me  today  as  they  came  to  me  then : 

In  loyalty  to  Stanford — to  the  whole  university — by  word  and  deed, 
always,  by  silence,  even,  when  speech  were  disloyal ;  in  honoring  Stan- 
ford people  to  the  measure  of  their  loyalty  and  no  more ;  in  building 
with  the  builders  through  faith  in  the  Stanford  plan  ;  in  making  every 
best  eflfort  to  spell  Stanford  before  another  name ;  in  planting  no  seed 
in  Stanford  ground  without  hope  of  flower  somewhere ;  and  for  the 
sake  of  these  things  reverencing  the  sentiment  that  gave  the  Stanford 
opportunity ; — therein  lies  the  beginning,  but  not  the  end  of  the  Stanford 
spirit. 

Today,  from  the  deepest  depth  of  that  loyal  spirit,  the  hearts  that 
learned  it  from  their  first  president  send  grateful  tribute  across  the  world 
to  their  first  chancellor. 

Against  such  a  background  an  alumnus  of  Stanford  stands  to  welcome 
the  new  president  of  the  university.  Who  shall  say  which  it  is  easier 
to  welcome — the  old-timer  or  the  tenderfoot?  With  the  stranger  any- 
thing you  say  about  the  climate,  for  instance,  is  likely  to  pass,  but  your 
old  friend  knows  that  the  heat  and  the  fog  are  no  surprising  novelty 
and  you  must  needs  choose  your  words  with  care.     But  if  words  today 

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are  few  and  cautions  the  joy  of  thorn  is  all  the  <;rcater  that  the  man  of 
the  hour  is  no  new  man  in  these  qnartcr-century  old  places  which  we 
love  in  direct  ratio  to  the  numher  of  years  we  have  known  them.  He 
has  been  a  part  of  all  that  we  count  worth  while  ui)on  this  campus, 
shoulder  to  shoulder  from  the  he^innini;-  with  the  leader  of  the  Stanford 
spirit,  hardly  second  through  it  all  in  the  devotion  of  the  sons  of  that 
spirit,  to  the  man  whose  active  ])lace  he  takes  today.  It  needs  no  sleij^ht- 
of-hand  to  slip  over  his  shoulders  the  mantle  of  Stanford  leadership — 
it  lies  there  so  easily  in  Stanford  minds.  Confidence,  loyalty,  affection- 
ate esteem,  if  there  be  need  of  speech  let  twenty-two  years  give  tongue 
to  them'.  Let  twenty-two  years  of  love  for  the  okl  Stanford  pledge  alumni 
support  through  unnumbered  years  of  the  new  Stanford  whose  bugle 
call  the  trustees  have  sounded  in  this  memorable  year  of  1913,  ])le(lge 
the  best  that  is  in  us  all  to  the  service  of  the  new  president. 

Such  days  are  milestones  on  the  royal  road  of  the  university.  For 
myself,  I  know  that  today's  deep  meaning  for  me  is  drawn  not  onh' 
from  that  other  first  day  of  October,  long  ago,  but  also  from  the  hour 
when  Senator  vStanford  talked  to  us  in  his  library,  the  day  the  suit  was 
won,  the  day  we  brought  Mrs.  Stanford's  casket  from  the  ship  to  the 
home  over  yonder,  the  day  the  trustees  announced  their  new  i)olicy — 
all  milestones  in  the  sunshine  and  shadow  of  the  Stanford  vears.  And 
because  verse  was  always  my  medium  of  Stanford  expression,  let  me  end 
in  the  manner  of  beginnings : 

Here,  on  this  milestone  by  the  way, 

Let  us  sit  down  together. 
There  have  been  skies  of  heavy  gray. 
But  no  such  shadow  dims  today 

And  this  is  resting  weather ; 
We  have  come  up  so  long  a  wa\-, 

Let  us  sit  down  together. 

Sec  how  along  the  road  behind 

The  other  milestones  lie ; 
Some  on  the  hill-tops  in  the  wind, 
And  one  we  had  no  heart  to  find 

But  passed  in  silence  by — 
Today,  how  strangely  close  behind 

The  other  milestones  lie ! 

Our  road  turns  sharply,  just  ahead — 

Let  us  keep  on  together ; 
Perchance  through  shining  uplands  led 
Or  through  some  valley  of  the  dead — 

It  will  not  matter  whether 
That  road  be  rough  or  smooth  ahead 

So  we  may  keep  together! 

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Address  on  Behalf  of  the  Faculty,  by    Professor  John  Maxson  Stillman 

^  The  Master  of  the  Ceremonies  then  introduced  Professor  John  Maxson 
StiUman.  as  a  representative  of  the  facuky  of  the  university',  saying-: 

It  is  proper  that  before  we  separate  today  those  who  have  been  Dr. 
Branner's  comrades  and  friends  through  all  his  university  life  should 
express  the  pleasure  they  receive  from  this  new  honor  given  to  him.  To 
Dr.  Branner  they  are  veterans.  They  are  the  old  guard  who  were  here 
at  the  beginning  and  saw  the  infancy  of  the  university  and  helped  to 
nurse  it,  who  saw  its  bright,  sunny  childhood  and  then  stood  by  it  when 
it  went  under  the  clouds — when  its  period  of  trial  and  adversity  came 
on  and  almost  disaster.  When  that  time  came  they  stood  together, 
shoulder  to  shoulder,  and  carried  the  university  through  its  deep  dis- 
tress. And  now  when  it  has  come  out  again  into  the  sunshine,  as 
beautifully  expressed  by  Mr.  Hopkins,  they  are  here  to  express  their 
pleasure  and  their  satisfaction  in  the  promotion  of  their  comrade. 

They  are  the  Old  Guard  and  as  one  by  one  the  classes  of  the  univer- 
sity pass,  they  bring  up  the  rear.  That  is  the  old  guard,  tried  and  true, 
whom  you  always  have  relied  on  and  always  will  rely  on.  They  upheld 
President  Jordan  in  his  time  of  trial.  They  will  uphold  you,  Dr.  Bran- 
ner, if  your  time  of  trial  should  come.  They  have  asked  Professor  Still- 
man,  your  old  comrade  and  friend,  to  speak  on  their  behalf — Professor 
Stillman. 

Professor  Stillman  responded  as  follows : 

Mr.  President:  On  behalf  of  the  faculty  of  the  Leland  Stanford  Junior 
University  I  extend  to  you  congratulations  and  felicitations  upon  your 
accession  to  the  presidency  of  the  university. 

You  come  to  this  position,  not  as  a  stranger,  but  as  one  who,  by  long 
service  as  professor  and  as  vice  president,  is  thoroughly  familiar  with 
the  history,  the  traditions  and  ideals  of  this  university.  From  its  begin 
ning  you  have  been  the  closest  friend  and  most  trusted  adviser  of  your 
distinguished  predecessor  to  whom  Stanford  University  owes  most  that 
has  given  it  a  distinctive  character  and  an  honored  rank. 

No  one  save  Chancellor  Jordan  has  been  so  conversant  with  the  ad- 
ministrative history  of  the  university  as  have  you. 

To  us  of  the  faculty  you  have  been  long  and  well  known  as  a  widely 
honored  scholar,  an  inspiring  teacher,  and  a  wise  counsellor,  a  respected 
colleague  and  a  loyal  friend. 

The  office  of  president  of  this  university  by  the  conditions  of  the 
Founding  Grant  confers  upon  its  incumbent  great  powers  and  great  re- 
sponsibilities. Upon  his  widom  and  his  watchful  care  depend  in  large 
measure  the  efficiency,  the  harmony  and  the  prosperity  of  the  university. 

We  of  the  faculty  are,  as  you,  vitally  interested  and  concerned  in  the 
material,  intellectual  and  moral  growth  of  the  university.  None  can 
realize  so  completely  as  we  the  burden  of  labor,  cares  and  perplexities 
which  necessarily  accompany  the  honors  and  dignity  of  your  office.  None 
can  better  understand  the  gravity,  the  difficulty  and  the  delicacy  of  the 

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problems  of  which  the  sohition  is  largely  dependent  upon  your  initiative 
or  your  decision. 

Realizing-  all  these  things,  knowing  as  we  do  your  ability  and  your 
character,  and  recognizing  the  spirit  of  self-sacrifice  and  devotion  with 
which  you  have  assumed  the  responsibilities  of  your  office,  we  are  con- 
fident of  your  successful  administration  of  its  duties.  We  believe  you 
will  advance  the  interests  of  the  students  for  whose  training  the  univer- 
sity exists,  that  you  will  inspire  and  encourage  the  enthusiasms  and 
safeguard  the  prerogatives  of  its  teachers,  that  you  will  wisely  advise 
the  trustees  in  matters  of  university  development  and  administration. 

By  your  merits  and  by  your  tried  and  faithful  service  you  have  achieved 
the  right  to  expect  that  which  we  can  freely  and  gladly  ofifer — our  loyal 
and   sympathetic   support. 

We  welcome  you  to  your  high  post  of  leadership  in  the  assured  expec- 
tation that  with  the  cordial  co-operation  of  the  trustees,  the  chancellor, 
the  faculty,  of  students  and  alumni,  your  administration,  conserving 
the  honorable  achievements  of  Stanford  University  in  the  past,  will  a(l- 
^'ance  her  efficiency  and  extend  her  service  ever  nearer  toward  the  ful- 
fillment of  the  dreams  and  ambitions  of  her  great-hearted  founders. 

The  Inaugural  Address,  by  the  President  of  the  University 

The  President  of  the  university  was  introduced  by  the  Master  of  the 
Ceremonies  with  these  words:  "President  P.ranner,  we  have  done  our 
work ;  the  occasion  is  yours,"  and  delivered  his  inaugural  address,  as 
follows  : 

Dr.  Horace  Davis,  Chairman ; 

Mr.  TimotJiy  Hopkins,  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees; 

Members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees; 

Members  of  the  Faculty; 

Alumni  and  Students  of  Stanford  UniT'crsitv; 

In  assuming  the  duties  and  res])onsibilities  to  which  I  am  called  todav 
I  take  upon  myself  anew  the  vows  of  loyalty  to  the  ]nirposes  for  which 
this  institution  has  been  founded,  and  T  make  ]iublic  confession  of  the 
faith  and  hope  that  are  in  me. 

Inasmuch  as  the  trustees  are  primarily  responsilile  for  inv  apjiearance 
before  you  as  the  president  of  the  university.  I  address  myself  first  and 
principally  to  them. 

Gentlemen  of  the  Board:  I  count  it  a  great  honor  to  be  chosen  pres- 
ident of  Stanford  University,  and  in  that  capacity  I  count  it  a  great 
privilege  to  be  in  a  position  to  co-operate  with  you  in  carrying  out  the 
purposes  for  which  this  university  was  founded. 

I  count  it  a  great  honor  to  succeed  to  the  office  so  long  and  so  ablv 
held  by  David  Starr  Jordan ;  and  a  great  ])rivilege  to  carrv  forward 
the  work  so  well  begun  by  him. 

But  I  warn  you  at  the  outset  that  you  must  not  expect  to  find  in  me 
any  of  the  evidences  of  Chancellor  Jordan's  genius. 

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Being  a  practical  man  the  problems  of  life  appear  to  me  to  be  simply 
the  problems  of  each  day  as  the  days  bring  them  along.  I  am  com- 
pelled by  nature  and  by  principle  to  depend — not  on  the  inspirations  of 
genius,  but  on  routine  work  directed  to  a  definite  end. 

I  bespeak  your  patience  and  forbearance  with  my  personal  shortcom- 
ings. I  cannot  promise  to  be  diplomatic,  but  you  can  always  count  on 
my  frankness  .and  my  straightforwardness,  which  are  more  important, 
I  hope,  in  our  dealings  with  each  other. 

As  we  enter  upon  this  new  period  of  university  administration  it 
seems  an  appropriate  occasion  to  take  stock  of  our  deeds,  our  fears,  our 
hopes  and  our  promises.  And  while  taking  stock  we  might  go  through 
the  house,  open  all  the  doors  and  look  in,  and  we  might  see  whether 
there  are  any  skeletons  hidden  away  in  dark  closets  or  in  obscure  corners. 

In  the  Founding  Grant  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stanford  stated  in  so  many 
words  that  it  was  their  purpose  to  found  "a  university  of  high  degree" 
(page  53).  In  defining  its  nature,  they  say  that  it  is  to  be  "a  university 
with  such  seminaries  of  learning  as  shall  make  it  of  the  highest  grade" 
(page  55).  And  while  we  are  looking  over  our  results  we  may  ])rofit- 
ably  ask  ourselves  whether  and  how  closely  we  are  coming  to  the  clearly 
expressed  purposes  and  expectations  of  the  founders. 

The  university  has  now  been  open  twenty-two  years.  In  that  period 
we  have  conferred  4092  bachelor's  degrees  and  565  advanced  degrees. 
The  degrees  conferred,  however,  represent  only  a  part  of  the  instruction 
given,  for  the  total  number  of  persons  enrolled  in  the  twenty-two  years 
amounts  to  11,251.  This  number  includes  each  individual  only  once, 
and  it  does  not  include  the  new  students  of  the  current  year. 

These  numbers  are  not  large  as  compared  with  those  of  some  of  our 
American  universities,  but  they  are  certainly  large  enough  when  all 
things  are  considered. 

In  the  faculty  gathered  here  we  have  some  of  the  most  distinguished 
scholars  now  living.  It  is  a  faculty  of  which  we  may  be  proud,  and 
one  that  it  will  not  be  easy  to  improve.  And  not  only  are  they  able  men 
and  ripe,  productive  scholars,  but  they  are  men  of  the  finest  possible 
fiber.  Speaking  from  a  knowledge  of  the  circumstances  I  am  constrained 
to  tell  you  that  the  cheerful  courage  of  the  faculty  during  these  years 
of  hope  deferred  is  beyond  all  praise.  A  more  loyal,  self-sacrificing 
body  of  men  cannot  be   found  anywhere. 

And  when  we  look  over  the  total — the  thousands  of  fine  young  people 
who  have  been  educated  here,  the  present  faculty,  the  material  equip- 
ment in  the  forms  of  libraries,  apparatus,  and  buildings,  and  when  we 
contemplate  the  university's  secure  financial  condition,  and  when  we 
glance  back  over  the  difficulties  that  lie  well  behind  us,  the  difficulties 
of  starting  the  university  and  getting  it  through  the  second  summer  of 
its  childhood,  and  through  the  growing  pains  of  its  youth,  we  have  just 
reason  to  be  contented  with  the  results  and  to  take  courage  for  the 
future.     Such  in  brief  are  our  deeds. 

And  now  as  to  our  fears :     The  university  has  only  lately  reached  the 

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stage  of  its  growth  and  that  fixity  of  pohcy  that  permits  us  all   to  feel 
confidence  in  its  orientation  and  in  its  stability. 

Like  a  ship  that  has  set  out  on  a  long  voyage,  and  that  has  lately  clcarerl 
the  dangers  of  the  shoals,  the  cross  currents,  and  the  rocks  of  the  coast 
line,  it  must  now  be  headed  on  a  definite  course,  and  if  every  one  on 
board  will  do  his  duty,  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  voyage  wmII  be  a 
happy  and  successful  one. 

We  must  not  forget,  however,  a  grave  danger  that  threatens  ships 
it  sea,  and  that  is  the  shifting  of  the  cargo.  For  the  benefit  of  those 
of  you  who  may  not  be  familiar  with  nautical  terms  T  mav  ex])lain 
that  owing  to  the  rolling  of  the  vessel,  the  cargo  of  a  ship  sometimes 
moves  gradually  from  its  original  position  toward  one  side  or  the  other, 
causing  the  ship  to  list.  This  shifting  may  be  so  light  that  it  is  scarcclv 
noticeable  and  may  be  of  no  particular  importance,  but  it  is  sometimes 
not  only  serious,  but  it  may  even  throw  the  vessel  so  far  over  on  its 
side  as  to  lead  to  disaster  to  all  on  board. 

A  university  is  very  like  a  ship  to  this  extent  at  least,  that  a  shifting 
cargo  spreads  panic.  The  only  deep-seated  fear  of  which  I  am  aware 
in  regard  to  this  ship  of  ours  is  the  fear  that  the  cargo  mav  shift. 

Having  been  promoted  from  the  ranks  of  the  faculty  of  our  own  uni- 
versity I  take  it  upon  myself  to  mention  some  of  the  hopes  of  the  faculty 
that  cannot  w^ell  be  sent  in  to  you  in  the  form  of  requisitions.  They 
are  hopes  that  are  in  the  air.  and  they  are  in  our  hearts  and  in  our  lives. 

The  beauty  of  our  surroundings  is  an  educational  asset  which  some 
of  us  are  slow^  to  appreciate  at  its  full  value.  When  this  group  of  build- 
ings was  first  put  up  it  was  unique,  and  justly  excited  world-wide  admi- 
ration. In  this  country  it  was  a  revelation.  Colleges  and  universities 
everywdiere  began  at  once  to  realize  the  importance  and  esthetic  value 
of  attention  to  their  architecture  and  to  the  grouping  of  their  buildings. 
Meanwhile  the  novelty  of  it  wore  off  for  us;  we  forgot  that  we  were 
good-looking;  we  gave  the  matter  less  attention,  and  the  attractiveness 
of  the  grounds  has  been  greatly  diminished  by  the  bare,  sunbaked  courts 
and  the  general  shabbiness  that  probablv  seemed  too  imimportant  to  be 
taken  seriously.  A  few  years  ago  a  visitor  to  these  grounds  was  heard 
to  remark,  entirely  without  feeling,  that  he  had  never  seen  an  institu- 
tion where  there  were  so  manv  evidences  of  poverty. 

I  am  delighted  to  say  that  the  trustees  now  have  in  mind  the  improve- 
ment of  these  conditions,  and  the  new  grounds  committee  will  doubtless 
see  that  they  do  not  continue. 

The  question  often  arises  in  mv  mind  whether  or  not  our  buildings 
can  be  made  more  attractive  within.  The  attractiveness  and  good  influ- 
ence of  our  church  is  unquestionably  due  in  no  small  degree  to  its  beauti- 
ful interior. 

We  have  in  the  museum  thousands  of  beautiful  works  of  art.  and  our 
students  seldom  or  never  see  them.  In  addition  to  many  valuable  orig- 
inal paintings,  the  museum  contains  copies  of  many  of  the  most  famous 

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paintinjs^s  in  the  world,  copies  that  most  of  us  could  hardly  distinguish 
from  the  oriijinals  ;  and  yet  the  walls  of  our  lecture  and  seminar\-  rooms 
are  as  bare  as  the  walls  of  a  prison  or  of  any  factory. 

To  be  sure  the  students  can  visit  the  museum  if  they  sec  fit.  but  there 
is  no  concealint^  the  fact  that  our  educational  institutions  are  larc^ely 
engaj^od  in  thrusting-  education  upon  the  young  people  who  come  within 
our  reach.  I  do  not  say  this  as  a  reproach  to  the  young.  That  is  what 
we  do  with  our  own  children,  and  wc  nmst  do  it  with  all  the  rest  of  them. 
For  purposes  of  education  it  must  be  confessed  that  the  works  of  art  in 
the  museum  are  of  but  little  value  at  present.  They  need  to  be  thrust 
upon  our  students. 

From  the  faculty  i^oint  of  view  there  is  nothing  this  univcrsit\-  de- 
sires or  needs  so  much  as  a  sympathetic  atmosphere  for  all  of  its  legiti- 
mate functions.  There  is  probably  nothing  you  can  do  that  will  contrib- 
ute more  to  this  sympathetic  atmosphere  than  to  encourage  and  stimulate 
every  member  of  our  instructing  body,  young  and  old  alike,  each  in  his 
own  work,  no  matter  what  that  work  may  be,  whether  in  science,  art 
or  literature.  Indeed,  as  I  see  all  these  things,  work  that  is  not  worth 
encouraging  ought  not  to  be  here.  And  I  do  not  need  to  remind  you 
that  a  university  is  judged,  and  very  jiropcrly  judged,  bv  the  contribu- 
tions made  by  its  faculty  to  literature,  science,  art,  and  all  the  rest,  and 
above  all  by  its  contribution  to  good  and  sound  citizenship  and  to  high 
thinking  and  to  right  acting.  Indeed  it  is  for  this  very  reason  that 
most  of  our  modern  civilization  has  its  roots  in  our  universities.  On  the 
other  hand,  any  act  of  the  trustees  that  discredits  or  tends  to  discredit  our 
professors  is  absolutely  fatal,  not  only  to  the  individual,  but  to  the  faculty 
and  to  the  imiversity  as  a  whole.  A  sympathetic  atmosphere  doesn't 
necessarily  cost  money ;  and  neither  does  it  spring  from  promises  that 
flee  before  our  advancing  footsteps. 

As  for  promises :  most  of  our  disappointments  have  come  from  prom- 
ises forgotten.  I  feel  like  asking  you — beseeching  you — never  to  prom- 
ise anything  to  anyone,  for  although  promises  keep  alive  that  hope  that 
springs  eternal,  sometimes  they  also  leave  behind  them  a  brood  of  evils 
without  name. 

Many  of  the  members  of  our  faculty  have  lived  on  promises  and  hope 
now  these  twenty-odd  years,  and  we  all  know  by  bitter  experience  what 
hope  deferred  means.  They  came  here  young  men.  full  of  vigor,  cour- 
age, and  enthusiasm,  they  have  learned  the  lessons  of  poverty,  they 
have  restrained  their  demands,  they  have  been  put  off  from  year  to 
year  with  promises  old  and  new,  and  now  behold  them  with  gray  hairs, 
with  grown-up  families,  and  with  defeated  ambitions,  but  still  cheerful 
and  faithful  and  loyal. 

To  be  sure,  all  promises  do  not  turn  out  disappointments.  For  that 
reason  I  want  to  make  just  one  myself,  and  if  I  make  it  here  and  now 
perhaps  the  occasion  will  bclji  hold  me  firmly  to  it. 

Gentlemen  of  the   Board,  permit  me  to  call  your  attention  to  a  pro- 

—  i6  — 


vision  printed  on  pa.c^e  157  of  the  Trustees'  Mainial.  Tt  is  there  proxirlecl 
"that  the  President  of  the  University  shall  annually  present  to  the  I'oard 
of  Trustees  .  .  .  the  names  of  all  members  of  the  tcachinj^  or  exe- 
cutive staff  of  the  University  who  shall  be  over  sixty-five  years  of  a.ije  on 
the  first  day  of  the  followinj^  academic  year,  with  his  recommendations 
as  to  the  retirement  or  retention  of  all  such  persons." 

Here  and  now  I  be^:  to  remind  you  that  I  shall  be  sixty-tive  years  of 
age  in  July,  191 5,  ami  I  recommend  that  I  be  retired  at  the  end  of  that 
academic  year. 

In  spite  of  protests  on  the  part  of  some  of  my  friends  it  seems  to  me 
best  for  the  university  to  fix  that  limit  to  my  tenure  now  while  I  have 
the  strength  of  mind  to  see  what  is  best  for  the  university,  and  to  set  the 
limit  before  old  age  can  fasten  me  on  the  institution  as  an  unproductive 
and  unwelcome  pensioner. 

In  closing  here  what  I  address  chiefly  to  the  r)Oard  I  wish  to  give 
public  expression  to  my  high  appreciation  of  the  cordial  sujiport  gi\cn 
me  by  the  trustees,  and  also  to  express  my  admiration  of  the  unselfish- 
ness of  the  busy  men  who  give  so  much  of  their  valuable  time  to  the 
affairs  of  the  university. 

To  my  CoUcai^iics  of  tJic  Faculty:  My  friends,  I  take  up  the  duties 
of  this  oflfice  with  a  strong  sense  of  my  own  shortcomings  and  with  a  pro- 
found feeling  of  personal  gratitude  to  you  for  the  cordial  support  you 
have  given  me  as  your  president.  More  than  any  other  one  thing  it 
is  my  knowledge  of  your  sympathy,  of  your  faith  in  me,  and  of  your 
long-tried  patience,  that  has  given  me  courage  to  undertake  the  duties  of 
this  office. 

I  would  have  every  one  of  you  feel  that  T  am  here  to  serve  you  in 
every  way  in  my  power,  and  in  everything  that  pertains  to  your  work- 
as  instructors  in  this  university,  and  as  scholars  interested  in  your  own 
special  lines  of  work.  I  expect  and  I  intend  to  be  the  servant  of  every 
member  of  this  faculty  except  myself.  There  is  no  other  thought  in  my 
mind  :  I  consider  the  support  I  can  give  you  my  most  important  duty, 
and  it  will  be  my  greatest  pleasure. 

We  may  differ  occasionally  about  the  methods  by  which  a  given  end 
is  to  be  reached,  but  I  am  sure  that  our  purposes  are  absolutely  identical. 

Conversation  with  some  of  my  friends  discloses  the  impression  that 
I  am  rather  expected  to  do  something  out  of  the  ordinary ;  conversation 
with  others  discloses  the  impression  that  I  am  expected  to  do  nothing 
out  of  the  ordinary,  but  that  I  am  to  follow  the  footsteps  of  my  honored 
and  illustrious  predecessor  so  closelv  that  no  one  may  know  that  there 
has  been  anv  change  in  the  official  head  of  the  university.  I  am  sorry 
to  disappoint  all  of  these  expectations.  Really,  I  have  no  new  policies 
to  announce,  no  new  theories  of  education  to  try  out,  and  no  reforms  to 
urge;  and  as  for  following  in  Chancellor  Jordan's  footsteps — I  could 
not  take  his  long  strides  if  I  would,  and  in  addition  to  that  impossibility. 
I  find  it  difficult  or  impossible  to  do  things  just  because  some  one  else 
has  done  them.     It  never  appeals  to  me  as  a  sufficient  reason. 


I  believe  in  the  reasonableness  of  most  tbinq^s  as  they  are.  and.  as  I 
take  no  y)leasnre  in  sensations,  you  arc  liable  to  finrl  me  a  rather  unemo- 
tional university  president. 

Of  late  years  a  great  hue  and  cry  has  been  raised  among  college  fac- 
ulties against  the  tyranny  of  college  presidents.  It  must  be  confessed 
that  there  is  some  cause  for  this  outcry,  but  I  cannot  help  thinking  that 
much  of  it  is  ill-founded.  Out  of  a  considerable  number  of  college  pres- 
idents whom  I  know,  T  find  the  majority  of  them  perplexed  bv  problems 
they  cannot  solve,  and  staggering  under  burdens  tlTe\-  should  not  be 
asked  to  carrv.  On  the  other  hand,  it  behooves  us  to  remember  that 
tyranny  is  not  necessarily  an  attribute  of  individuals  alone — faculties  are 
sometimes  tyrants  too. 

As  you  will  have  observed  T  have  stipulated  that  I  am  to  retire  at  the 
end  of  two  years.  Within  those  two  years  let  us  see  to  it  that  we  do  all 
that  human  effort  can  to  make  Stanford  University  known  for  sane, 
sound,  and  productive  scholarship. 

Ladies  and  Gcnilcnicn  of  the  Aliiiiiui:  You  have  often  been  told  in 
one  way  or  another  that  ^■ou  are  the  living  outjiut — the  flesh  and  blood 
and  bone — of  the  university.  In  a  sense  your  lives  and  ours  are  one. 
We  live  in  you ;  as  you  become  men  and  women  of  importance  in  the 
world,  we  become  a  university  of  importance. 

Like  that  of  anv  mother,  the  heart  of  the  university  warms  with  pride 
and  satisfaction  when  it  thinks  of  its  ofifspring — of  its  alumni,  following 
with  courage  and  high  purpose  the  paths  they  started  upon  right  here 
in  this  quadrangle.  Kach  in  his  own  way  has  demonstrated  the  value 
to  the  state,  to  the  nation,  and  to  the  individual,  of  the  imiversity's  ex- 
istence. 

There  is  one  utilitarian  theorv  regarding  imiversitv  alumni  in  general, 
however,  which  has  been  enormouslv  overworked — one  with  which  I 
cannot  sympathize.  Perhaps  I  can  best  illustrate  my  meaning  by  an 
instance. 

I  know  an  estimable  lady  who  was  educated  at  a  famous  college  for 
women.  From  the  time  she  graduated — now  a  good  many  years  ago — 
down  to  this  day,  although  she  assures  me  that  she  paid  all  her  bills,  she 
has  been  followed  up  and  down  the  face  of  the  earth,  appealed  to  and 
beset  by  boards,  by  societies,  by  secretaries,  and  by  treasurers,  through 
circular  letters  and  through  personal  letters,  on  behalf  of  organizations 
of  everv  conceivable  kind,  for  raising  monev  for  her  alma  luatcr.  It 
seems  as  though  she  had  committed  some  unpardonable  sin  that  is  to 
follow  her  to  the  grave. 

With  this  sort  of  thing  I  have  no  sympathy.  It  is  too  suggesti\-e  of 
the  cannibal  king  who  raised  his  own  children  for  his  own  food.  I  can 
freely  promise  our  alumni  that  T  shall  not  be  a  party  to  such  a  policy. 
The  alumni  are  already  acquainted  with  our  needs,  and  when  they  want 
to  help  us  thev  know  where  to  find  us. 

The  thing  we  want  of  you  above  all  things  is  your  respect,  your  affec- 

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lion,  your  loyalty,  and  your  sympathy.  And  of  these  we  are  already 
assured. 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen  of  the  Student  Body:  You  are  the  junior  mem- 
bers of  the  universit\-  family.  I  congratulate  you  heartily  that  vou  are 
well  started  in  your  university  careers,  in  the  midst  of  this  active,  pro- 
ductive, hustling  age.  There  has  never  been  a  time  when  life  was  so 
well  worth  living,  when  so  many  attractive  careers  opened  their  flow- 
ery paths  before  ambitious  young  people. 

Your  new  president  has  no  new  experiments  to  try  out  on  you,  unless 
it  be  an  experiment  to  treat  you,  every  one  of  you,  like  men  and  women. 
I  feel  that  students,  even  those  whose  minds  are  undeveloped  and  un- 
awakened,  have  rights,  hopes,  and  aspirations,  as  well  as  trustees,  presi- 
dents, and  professors,  and  I  feel  bound  to  respect  those  rights  and  to 
treat  students  justly. 

I  have  no  particular  advice  to  give  you  ;  if  I  had,  it  would  probably 
surprise  you  and  shock  the  faculty,  for  I  should  tell  you  not  to  study  too 
much.  It  is  not  my  idea  that  a  student  should  work  so  hard  here  that 
he  will  be  unable  to  do  any  work  hereafter.  Such  things  do  happen, 
you  know.  And  it  is  an  o])en  secret  that  more  trouble  comes  of  stu- 
dents' trying  to  do  too  much  than  of  their  trying  to  do  too  little. 

At  the  same  time  you  are  not  to  get  the  idea  that  I  a])prove  of  any 
sort  of  laxity  either  in  your  studies  or  in  your  conduct.  I  would  have 
you  feel  that  you  are  here  in  the  process  of  entering  upon  the  privileges 
and  duties  of  manhood  and  womanhood,  and  I  want  you  at  the  same  time 
to  realize  that  it  is  one  of  the  inexorable  laws  of  life  that  when  we  abuse 
our  privileges  we  are  on  the  road  to  lose  them. 

A  man's  work  lies  before  every  one  of  you.  You  too  will  soon  be 
numbered  with  the  alumni.  May  you  so  live  your  student  life  that  you 
will  get  nothing  but  pleasure  and  good  out  of  it  here  and  hereafter.     • 

Finally,  it  is  for  every  one  of  us,  for  every  member  of  the  university 
community,  trustees,  faculty,  alumni,  and  students,  each  in  his  own 
way  and  in  his  own  sphere  to  be  of  good  cheer,  and  to  stand  firm  in  his 
moral  support  of  the  faculty  in  their  efforts  to  make  and  keep  Stanford 
University  what  its  founders  meant  it  to  be — a  "university  of  high  de- 
gree." 

The  choral,  "Hail,  Stanford,  Hail."  was  sung  by  the  entire  assemblage 
standing.     Then  followed  the 

Benediction,  by  the  Chaplain  of  the  University 

I'nto  God's  gracious  mercy  and  protection  we  commit  you.  The 
Lord  bless  you,  and  keep  you.  The  Lord  make  his  face  to  shine  upon 
you,  and  be  gracious  unto  you.  The  Lord  lift  up  his  countenance 
upon  you  and  give  you  peace,  both  now  and  evermore. 

At  the  close  of  the  benediction  the  procession  reformed  and,  led  by 
the  President  of  the  University  and  the  President  of  the  l^oard  of  Trus- 
tees, marched  out  of  the  quadrangle  to  the  music  of  theRecessional,  which 
closed  the  official  portion  of  the  exercises. 

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